Real Clear Politics Wednesday
Can Newt Turn Ideas Into Appeal? - Dan Balz, Washington PostNo GOP Front-Runner? No Problem! - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Bump Hasn't Transferred to Obama's 2012 Prospects - Lydia Saad, Gallup
Obama Handling Osama's Death Exactly Right - Adam Serwer, Wash Post
Obama's Invitation to Rapper a Huge Mistake - Keith Koffler, WH Dossier
Frauds Abound, But Real SEALs Don't Brag - Marc Hansen, DM Register
A European Economic Tsunami - Desmond Lachman, RealClearMarkets
How Environmentalists Flip-Flopped on Fracking - Ronald Bailey, Reason
Why Do People Get Into So Much Trouble on Twitter? - Jack Shafer, Slate
The American Idea: Open Letter to College Grads - Carl Schramm, Forbes
RCP Morning Edition
Obama Calls for Immigration Reform - Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles TimesPresident Obama's Immigration Distraction - David Harsanyi, Examiner
John Boehner's Unreality Check - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Economy Is Still Obama's Albatross - Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Obama Gets a Bump, But Can't Rest on Laurels - Dick Polman, Austin A-S
WH Politicizes the Bin Laden Killing - Tony Blankley, Washington Times
Iowa Donors Will Appeal to Christie's Sense of Duty - Scott Conroy, RCP
Mitch Daniels Says He Can Beat Obama in 2012 - John Whitesides, Reuters
Mitt Tries to Reverse RomneyCare Curse - Hillary Chabot, Boston Herald
Why Newt Will Never Be President - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Wisconsin District Election May Give Clues to Recalls - Sean Trende, RCP
Bad Bargains in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
The Plot Thickens in Pakistan - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Boeing Is Pro-Growth, Not Anti-Union - Jim McNerney, Wall Street Journal
Bill Gross, The World's Greatest Bond Vigilante - Megan McArdle, Atlantic
Drowning in Debt: CA Lifeguards Make $200K Per Year - Brian Calle, OCR
Tiger Mom: How to Reshape U.S. Education - Amy Chua, USA Today
Editorials
Republican Demands and the Debt Limit - New York TimesA Necessary Ultimatum on Debt - Chicago Tribune
Obama Tries to Corral Congress - Austin American Statesman
Medicare Double-Talk - Investor's Business Daily
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Real Clear Politics Tuesday
Morning UpdateGOP Field Is Like "Star Wars" Bar Scene - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The Easiest Incumbent to Beat Since 1980 - Peter Wehner, Commentary
Myth of American Exceptionalism - Richard Cohen, New York Daily News
The "Education" Mantra - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
The Unemployed Fifth - David Brooks, New York Times
Welcome to the McJobs Recovery - Andy Kroll, Mother Jones
Weak Dollars, Strong Oil - John Hayward, Human Events
President Courts Latino Voters - Michael Shear, New York Times
Obama a Stranger in 10 (Mostly Red) States - Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
Gingrich: Serious Candidate or Sideshow? - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
DeMint Emerges as 2012 Power Broker - Byron York, Washington Examiner
Conventional Wisdom and "Mediscare" - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic
Obama and The Left's Hypocrisy - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
West Must Reject Illegitimate Assad - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
The Dark Night of Islam - Michael Knox Beran, National Review
Chomsky's Follies - Christopher Hitchens, Slate
A Rare Interview with Stephen Hawking - Claudia Dreifus, New York Times
Afternoon Update
Who's Really Radical in Debt Ceiling Fight? - Jennifer Rubin, Wash Post
Boehner's Tax Intransigence - Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
Our Leadership Deficit and Budget Crisis - Tom Schatz, FOX News
Why Won't Our Leaders Focus on Jobs? - Arianna Huffington, Huff Post
RomneyCare Proves Failure - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
Gingrich Run Reflects His Sense of History - Matt Bai, New York Times
Five Liabilities for Obama in 2012 - Linda Feldmann, CS Monitor
Hillary Clinton: Chinese System Is Doomed - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
Political News & Analysis
Democrats Oppose Spending Cap Plan - Wall Street JournalImmigration Activists Want Executive Orders - Politico
Brown's Opponent Targets 2010 Tax Vote - National Journal
House Dems Fear Defense Bill Creates "Permanent War" - The Hill
Transcripts & Speeches
Obama's Speech on Immigration Reform - Barack ObamaReporters Discuss Obama's Immigration Speech - The NewsHour
Guests: Sen. Jeff Sessions and Rep. Paul Ryan - On the Record
Guests: Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Frank - Rachel Maddow Show
Panel on the Health Care Law in the Courts - Special Report w/Bret Baier
Best of the Blogs
Obama's Handling of Bin Laden is Exactly Right - Adam Serwer, Plum LineToday's Questions for the President - Peter Kirasnow, The Corner
GOP Freshmen Conveniently Forget 2010 - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Punishing Friends for the Behavior of Enemies - A. Goodman, Contentions
Low Gas Tax Leaves America Vulnerable to Oil Shocks - M. Yglesias, TP
Real Clear Markets |
Republicans Are Dropping the Pro-Growth Ball - Larry Kudlow, RCM
It's Time to Kill the Robin Hood Myth - Don Watkins & Yaron Brook, Forbes
Could Munis Lose Their Tax Free Status? - Jason Zweig, Wall Street Journal
Did Unemployment Really Jump In April? - Alfred Tella, RealClearMarkets
Real Clear World |
The Arab Spring Killed bin Ladenism - Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
The End of the 'Peace Process' - Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations
Now Obama Can Start Fresh Abroad - James Traub, Foreign Policy
Britain's Now Loveless Political Marriage - Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer
Real Clear Religion |
Why This Mother's Day Is Different for Me - Tamar Fox, Tablet Magazine
A World Without the King James Version - Mark Noll, Christianity Today
Has Pro-Choice Fatigue Set In? - Joseph Lawler, The American Spectator
Value Life, Skip Bin Laden Death Pics - Barbara Shelly, Standard-Examiner
Real Clear Science |
Awkward: Facebook Friending Your Parents - Andrea Bonior, Psych. Today
Men, Women Can Sniff Each Other Out - Rachel Kaufman, Nat'l Geographic
How Does the Brain Encode Information? - John Timmer, Ars Technica
Nuclear Plants Cleared of Leukemia Link - Daniel Cressey, Nature News
Real Clear Sports |
Verlander on Cusp of True Elite Status - Jon Paul Morosi, Fox Sports
Pacquiao's Win Raises Too Many Questions - Greg Bishop, New York Times
Rondo Bends (a Lot) But Doesn't Break - Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
Knocked Down, Celtics Come Up Winners - Mark Murphy, Boston Herald